Thread by @TaliShapiro

1| In #TheOnlyDemocracyInTheMiddleEast™ refraining from profiting from #CrimesAgainstHumanity is a crime.👇

aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/23…
#NotTheOnion🍍 #Israel @benandjerrys #Benandjerrys #IceCream

2| There's probably not a single person on the planet who hasn't heard the earth shattering news:
Ben & Jerry's will no longer sell ice cream to Israelis living in occupied #Palestinian land.

3| Reminder: Transferring your civilian population to a territory your army is occupying "Attempts to alter the demographic composition of an occupied territory" and is "unlawful and engages State responsibility and criminal responsibility of individuals."
ihl-databases.icrc.org/customary-ihl/…

4| Ben & Jerry's who insist on doing #business in Israel (benjerry.com/about-us/media…) should take into account the fact that,on top of the crime of civilian transfer into occupied territory,Israel is also simultaneously engaging in the removal of an ethnically identified population.

5| The removal of an ethnically identified population (un.org/en/genocidepre…) and its replacement with another population (see above), are two separate #WarCrimes, which together amount to #genocide.

6| For convenience sake, here's the @UN Convention of Prevention of Genocide un.org/en/genocidepre…

7| The Ben & Jerry's case sheds light on another interesting topic. For several years now, Israel has been pushing for laws to criminalise #BDS around the world.

https://twitter.com/TaliShapiro/status/1330809555819896833

8| Which have had some almost-comical repercussions, if you find #fascism funny.

https://twitter.com/TaliShapiro/status/970265948413419520

9| While it may seem bizarrely presumptuous that Israel is attempting to make laws for people outside its jurisdiction, it's a mindset that flows organically if your existence hinges on #colonialism (i.e. taking what isn't yours and claiming that it is).

https://twitter.com/TaliShapiro/status/1042767374653550598

10| To read more on the topic of Israel curbing your #FreeSpeech no matter what country you live in, go here legislation.palestinelegal.org

11| To those taken aback by the severity of Israel's response to Ben & Jerry's not wanting to profit off its war crimes, here are other examples of Israeli entitlement to #corporate goods and services:

🛍 Israeli colonists vs. @McDonalds

https://twitter.com/TaliShapiro/status/1137678928842297344

12| 🛍 Israeli colonists vs. @Airbnb

https://twitter.com/TaliShapiro/status/1067028543471845376

13| 🛍 American potential colonists vs. #Airbnb

https://twitter.com/TaliShapiro/status/1068104568481947648

14| 🛍 Israel vs. The Irish Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill

https://twitter.com/TaliShapiro/status/1090264206681681920

15| 🛍 Israel vs. European Court of Justice theguardian.com/world/2019/nov…

16| Celebrities, no one understands Israel's brutal response to criticism like the #indigenous Palestinian people, they ask that you too have #courage, refuse complicity with #apartheid, and #boycottIsrael! thenation.com/article/world/… #inourhands

@symphonyx @AjeetKaurMusic @iamlp

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18| @FIFAWorldCup @UEFA @PUMA @Caradelevingne @sterling7 @LewisHamilton @WSeriesRacing
@Airbnb @bookingcom @Tripadvisor @Expedia #endapartheid